Squawk Box October 24: Vonage, Cox, AT&T, and Open Source DRM

For our final daily SquawkBox, we discussed these stories:

Reports are emerging that AT&T is developing an iPhone tethering plan, but network glitches are holding it up!
Marlin, a digital rights technology created by Sony and Samsung, is apparently ready for prime time. An open source solution, it claims to solve the problems with DRM solutions from Microsoft and Apple. Have they solved the biggest problem, the fact that consumers hate DRM?
Vonage dodges the bullet, and refinances their $253 million in convertible debt six weeks ahead of the December 16th due date.
And Cox Communications… raises their VoIP pricing!

James Body also gave a short recap of the Symbian Show this week in London, and we had a discussion about the future of SquawkBox. More on that later.

On today’s Calliflower Conference Call: Dan York, James Body, Jonathan Jensen, Jeanette Fisher, Jim Courtney, and Sheryl Breuker.

Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.